3 county, based on the number of votes cast at the last general elec4 tion, to acquire and to establish at the county seat, or adjacent 5 thereto, by purchase or otherwise, ground, park or grove and to 6 erect, and to maintain thereon a building or buildings, structure or 7 structures, monument or monuments, as a memorial in memory of 8 and in recognition of the virtues and sacrifices of the soldiers and 9 sailors from the county in the world war, and may lay a tax for 10 the purpose of acquiring and establishing the same of not more 11 than five cents on the one hundred dollars on all taxable property 12 in the county, and thereafter a like tax of not more than two 13 cents on the one hundred dollars, such tax to be levied and collect14 ed in like manner as the general taxes of the county, which shall 15 be kept separate in a fund to be known as the "Memorial fund"; 16 provided, that in any county where such memorial has been es17 tablished and partly completed the amount of levy for acquiring 18 and establishing same shall not be more than ten cents on the 19 hundred dollars-and thereafter a like tax of not more than three 20 cents on the hundred dollars of all taxable property in the county.

CHAPTER 186

(House Bill No. 206-Mr. Strother.)

AN ACT authorizing the appointment of a commission to supervise the erection of a monument and markers to designate the location occupied by the fourth West Virginia infantry regiment during the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, within the Vicksburg national military park, and making an appropriation for the monument and markers and for the expenses of the commission.

[Passed April 26, 1921. In effect ninety days from passage. Approved by the Governor May 2, 1921.]

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Section 1. That the governor of West Virginia is hereby au2 thorized to appoint a commission, which shall be called the Vicks3 burg military park commission, and which shall consist of three 4 members, all of whom shall be veterans of the civil war, one

5 or more of whom shall have been members of the fourth West 6 Virginia infantry regiment, and served in the siege of Vicks7 burg. The members of the commission shall serve without pay 8 except as to necessary traveling expenses and clerk hire.

Sec. 2. The members of the commission shall cause to be 2 erected a monument and markers within the Vicksburg national 3 military park, to designate the position occupied in the cam4 paign and siege of Vicksburg by the fourth West Virginia in4 fantry regiment, under the supervision of the Vicksburg military 5 park commission.

Sec. 3. The said commission shall at once, after this act 2 takes effect, proceed to carry the same into effect. They shall 3 determine the design and the location of the monument and 4 markers to be erected as contemplated in this act with all con5 venient speed. The actual expenses of said commission shall 6 be paid out of any fund hereafter appropriated, and they shall 7 report to the governor of the state of West Virginia immediately 8 upon the fulfillment of their duties in detail, making an ab9 stract of expenditures with vouchers thereto, with all acts done 10 or made by them; information gathered from their observations 11 and pertinent in its relation thereto, shall be embraced in their 12 report as the commission shall think proper.

Resolutions.

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 2.

(Adopted January 26, 1921)

"Proposing amendments to the joint rules of the two houses."

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the following be adopted as a joint rule of the senate and house of delegates, the same to be in addition to existing rules, namely:

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of delegates together to examine all bills introduced either into the senate or house of delegates at the first part of each regular session of the legislature, which session begins on the second Wednesday in January, and cause all bills so introduced to be printed; provided, that when duplicate bills have been introduced by either house of the legislature, the said clerks shall arrange for the printing of only one of said bills. There shall be printed four thousand copies of all bills of a general character and five hundred copies of all bills of a local character, and the said clerks shall furnish their respective members, through the secretary of state, not less than ten copies of each printed bill of a general character, which number shall be in addition to the fifteen copies furnished to the secretary of state to be mailed by him to individuals as now required by law, from a mailing list furnished him by the members of both houses. And the said clerks shall also furnish to the members of each house representing the county which the local bills shall refer to, through the secretary of state, the number, or more, if desired, and the secretary of state shall mail to individuals as shown on said mailing list in each of those counties such local bills.

The remaining copies of the bill so printed shall be for the purpose of placing one copy each in the bill books of the members of each house and for distribution and general use as the same are now distributed.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 3.

(Adopted January 22, 1921.)

"Raising a commission to obtain plans for a new capitol building." WHEREAS, the capitol building erected in the city of Charleston, Kanawha county, West Virginia, pursuant to an act of the legislature, being chapter fifty-eight of the acts of one thousand eight hundred. and seventy-seven, passed February twenty-one, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, was on the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, destroyed by fire; and

WHEREAS, The business of the state of West Virginia requires proper quarters for the purpose of conducting such business and in order that the officers and employees thereof may properly perform their duties; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That a commission to be composed of the board of public works of the state of West Virginia and five members of the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate, and five members of the house of delegates, to be appointed by the speaker of the house if delegates, together with the president and speaker, be, and the same are hereby constituted a commission for the purpose of procuring plans and specifications for the erection of a state capitol building, and said commission is further instructed to take under consideration the plans suggested by Governor John J. Cornwell, in his biennial message to this legislature, relative to the erction of a state capitol building and an office building, for the proper conduct of the business of the state of West Virginia.

Provided, the said committee shall not proceed to carry into effect this resolution until after such time as the question of the re-location of the seat of government is finally determined in the regular constitutional manner.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8.

(Adopted January 25, 1921)

"Requesting the senate of the United States to approve the bill providing for adjusted compensation to be paid to the soldiers of the world war."

WHEREAS, The house of representatives at the second session of the sixty-sixth congress passed H. R. No....... providing for adjusted compensation to be paid to the soldiers of the world war; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That we respectfully request the seante of the United States to approve the action of the house in the passage of said bill at the earliest date consistent with the business of the senate. It is further

Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded by the clerk of the senate to the senators representing the state of West Virginia. in the United States Senate, and that a copy also be sent to the vice president of the United States.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13.

(Adopted January 26, 1921)

"Expressing it as the sense of the legislature that the seat of government should remain in Charleston."

WHEREAS, The city of Charleston is the capital of the state of West Virginia, the seat of government having been located in said city by a vote of the people in one thousand eight hundred and seventyseven, and the mere burning of the capitol building has not had the effect to change the seat of government, but on the contrary the state government is in full operation in said city with all of its departments discharging their functions; and

WHEREAS, The city of Charleston is the capital of the state of West Virginia, which not only owns the ground upon which the capitol building stood, but also owns the handsome capitol annex, in which have been located for many years the auditor's office, the treasurer's office, the court rooms of the supreme court of appeals, the offices of the judges and of the clerk of said court, the law library and the department of archives and history, and also owns the land upon which is located the governor's mansion and the offices of the board of control and other governmental offices, none of which were affected by the fire which destroyed the capitol building; and